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Chicago-based insurer CNA Financial faces criminal probe over Iraqis’ unpaid death benefits

August 23, 2021 at 12:34 a.m.

- An administrative law judge has referred a U.S. insurance company for criminal investigation after the firm failed to pay benefits to survivors of nine Iraqi translators killed while working...

GOP ally: White House may have broken U.S. law

August 21, 2021 at 10:56 a.m.

A high-ranking Republican lashed out at President Bush on Sunday, suggesting that the White House may have broken the law by failing to inform Congress of a "major" intelligence program...

Source reflected the era

August 18, 2019 at 3:11 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- When investigative reporter Bob Woodward wanted to meet "Deep Throat," he'd move a flowerpot with a red flag to the rear of his apartment balcony. Even more mysteriously,...

FBI probes killing of U.S. contractor

August 22, 2021 at 3:52 p.m.

A U.S. contractor gunned down last month in Iraq had accused Iraqi Defense Ministry officials of corruption days before his death, according to documents and U.S. officials. Dale Stoffel, 43,...

Rebels hint at softer stance

August 19, 2021 at 12:13 p.m.

With fighting raging and support apparently weakening, forces loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr on Monday appeared to renew their interest in a negotiated end to the siege of one...

Report: Funds `enabling’ terror

August 19, 2021 at 2:55 p.m.

The United States' biggest public pension funds have invested nearly $200 billion in companies that conduct business in countries that support terrorism, according to a report released Thursday. Frank Gaffney,...

Venezuela arrests a major figure in strike

August 21, 2021 at 3:38 a.m.

This fragile country was bracing for more upheaval and renewed protests Thursday after one of the opposition's most prominent figures was arrested for his role in leading a strike meant...

Voters look for new, hope for improved

August 19, 2021 at 10:21 p.m.

Across Latin America, people are trading in the old for the new. In country after country, voters are rejecting political parties and powerful party bosses who have long dominated the...

Blasts rattle Colombian inauguration day

August 19, 2021 at 10:39 p.m.

In an attack blamed on leftist rebels, mortars rained down on Colombia's presidential palace and downtown neighborhoods Wednesday just moments before Alvaro Uribe, who has vowed to crush the guerrillas,...

Key Muslim group accepts attacks

January 30, 2019 at 11:46 a.m.

The world's largest Muslim organization handed the United States a diplomatic victory Wednesday, avoiding condemnation of the U.S.-led attacks against the Taliban in Afghanistan while urging resolution of the Middle...

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